speculative

Questions about speculative

What does speculative mean?

speculative means "not financially safe or secure". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in speculative?

speculative has 4 syllables: spec-u-la-tive. The stress falls on "spec". In IPA it is /ˈspɛkjələtɪv/.

What is another word for speculative?

Close synonyms include bad, risky, high-risk, notional, inquisitive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is speculative a common word?

speculative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.